Monday, October 29, 2012

Footloose and pharmaceutical-free?

A quick update here. I am ploughing through the book, working towards an April or May 2013 release. However, I found the time to reflect on a visit to the Catalyst Convention for re:Cycling and to make the suggestion that the self-proclaimed sex-positive take up body literacy:

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Hello!I'd like to contribute to your work by pasting some information I found while doing an assignment for my HRHP training with Justisse Healthworks. While searching for facts, statements, myths and selling arguments regarding contraceptive endocrine disruptors (e.g. the Pill) I came over this Swedish site, the official health care guide of Stockholm county, where the section on contraception reads (bottom of page);”How the pill affects periods and future pregnancyYour menstruation is affected while you’re on the pill. For some women it decreases and for some it disappears completely. It’s not dangerous to not have a period and you can ignore the pill-free weeks simply by beginning a new pill chart immideately following the last. That way you can postpone the period for a week if you for example want to travel, or choose to never menstruate.When you quit the pill you will ovulate again and can get pregnant. It’s not harder to get pregnant afterwards. On the contrary, studies show that fertility is somewhat higher in women who have eaten the pill in comparison to those who haven’t.”

The names of the authors are featured, but no links to back up the claims of:1. All women ovulating and being able to get pregnant after using the Pill. 2. Women being MORE fertile after using the pill than women who've never taken it. 3: It's absolutely safe to never menstruate. Furthermore, while on the Pill the withdrawal bleeding women experience monthly is not menstruation.

I hope you find this useful or interesting, and I look forward to reading your book!

I know it's a bit after the fact in the case of your book, but you might find it worth it to look into the link between the pill & a condition called vestibulitis. In a small percentage of women, hbc can cause the suppression of hormones & the thinning of the skin around the vestibule of the vagina, leading to a pain condition, nonexistent sex drive, & in my case, depression. Dr. Goldstein is the expert on this, & he and others have done some really great research into it. His website is WWW.cvvd.org.

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At the end of 2008 I began to experience overwhelming anxiety, depression, debilitating brain fog, and intense panic attacks which effected my work and relationship. For six months I thought I was losing my mind. After questioning every aspect of my life, and my sanity, I eventually discovered it was not me, but the birth control pill I was taking.

I soon discovered many other young women were dealing with similar side effects.

Millions of healthy women take a powerful medication every day from their early teens to their late thirties - the Pill - but few know how this drug works or the potential side effects. Contrary to cultural myth, the birth control pill affects every organ and function of the body. Depression, anxiety, paranoia, rage, panic attacks - just a few of the psychological effects of the Pill for half of the women who pop these tablets during their lifetimes.

If you have questions, queries or your own story to share you can email me at: hollygriggspall@gmail.com